time. about 11:00 eastern time. so that window as i said has passed. nothing has happened. that is the good news. for now those tens of thousands of students who attend the university of texas at austin are still out of class. rhonda weldon the communications director there. we thank you for the phone call. jenna: as we continue to watch the situation in texas there is also a new flashpoint in the growing wave of anti-american violence overseas. the protests right now taking a deadly turn in one country. we re going to bring you a live report just ahead. plus the turmoil overseas increasingly becoming the focus of the presidential campaign. republican nominee mitt romney looking to shift the debate with a new round of political attacks on the president. that s just ahead. i m only in my 60 s.
communications from the office of the vice president there. is the evacuation still underway, rhonda? yes, it is. jon: because it was our understanding that this caller with a middle eastern accent claimed to be from al qaeda and said they had placed bombs all over campus that were due to go off in 90 minutes. do i have that right? i do, that s correct. jon: but this came in at about 8:35 your time. so the 90 minute window has passed right? that s correct. but law enforcement is investigating the situation and we won t be reoccupying the buildings until they feel that we re going to be safe. jon: obviously it could be a hoax. it sounds like a hoax but you can t be too careful these days. that s correct. a lot of things are taken into consideration before you empty buildings with 50 to 75,000 people. jon: yeah. so all of those buildings have been cleared of their occupants?
lit himself on fire on the street in protest of the government. so that s one of the reasons why we re watching tunisia, to see again where is this arab spring headed? the other thing is the timing. it is 4:00 p.m. now in tunisia. 4:00 p.m. is around the time where afternoon prayers begin. we expect to see in the next hour or several hours after the expectation violence will get worse not better. you can see the live feed switching to local news. a lot of things happening in the entire mid-east. something we re watching closely on fox news. jon: the violent protests seem to be spreading across the muslim world at this hour. take a look at egypt. riot police clashing with hundreds of demonstrators in tahrir square after the friday prayers there, just blocks away from the u.s. embassy in cairo as the egyptian president appeals for calm on state television. in lebanon reports of at least one person killed as angry crowds burn american flags there, chanting anti-u.s. slogans and
street in protest of the government. so that s one of the reasons why we re watching tunisia, to see again where is this arab spring headed? the other thing is the timing. it is 4:00 p.m. now in tunisia. 4:00 p.m. is around the time where afternoon prayers begin. we expect to see in the next hour or several hours after the expectation violence will get worse not better. you can see the live feed switching to local news. a lot of things happening in the entire mid-east. something we re watching closely on fox news. jon: the violent protests seem to be spreading across the muslim world at this hour. take a look at egypt. riot police clashing with hundreds of demonstrators in tahrir square after the friday prayers there, just blocks away from the u.s. embassy in cairo as the egyptian president appeals for calm on state television. in lebanon reports of at least one person killed as angry crowds burn american flags there, chanting anti-u.s. slogans and burning american businesses
at least 6 stories tall and the person dead was on the 6th floor. there has been an alert that has gone out to all students in campus, stay in place and lock your doors. we are waiting for rhonda weldon to come back to the cameras, there were a lot of question she was not able to answer, because the story has not concluded itself and police are seeking a possible second suspect, a large campus, tens of thousands of students and looks like an otherwise beautiful day in central texas. we ll watch the picture here and try and learn what we can from local police down there and also, from the folks moving their way through the library now and we are told police went through the library trying to find whether or not there was another person involved and ultimately what sparked the rage, the gunfire, on the campus of the university of texas. we re back on the story in a moment, breaking news in america s newsroom. we ll fill you in, in moments, 23 past, martha. let s bring this to you now